Question

Which lines in this excerpt from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" best reflect the theme of chaos and excitement in creation?
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
{Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted}
As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
{By woman wailing for her demon-lover!}
And from this chasm, with {ceaseless turmoil seething,}
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
{A mighty fountain momently was forced :}
Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail :
And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
{It flung up momently the sacred river.}

Answer 1

Answer: Two of the Three are:

" {ceaseless turmoil seething,}"

&

"{A mighty fountain momently was forced :}"

Explanation:

Just took the test, previous person must have guessed. I used clues such as "seething","turmoil", and "mighty", "forced". To me, these words are chaotic whilst also electric, like a mighty storm brewing.

Answer 2

"Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted"

These lines clearly show the theme of chaos and excitement in creation.